Wardrobe-bed



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L. G. KELLOGG.

WARDROBE BED.

N0. 360,022. Patented Mar. 2 9, 1887.

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LFJVIS G. KELLOGG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WARDROBE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 360,022, dated March29, 1887.

Application filed May Q2, 1886. Serial No. 202,064.

To all whoml it may concern:

Be it known that l, LEWIS G. KELLOGG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vardrohe-Beds, of which the following is aspecification.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end elevation of my improvedwardrobebed. Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection taken through Fig. l, showing the bed-body down. Fig. et is aside elevation showing the bed-body down, with a base-extension thrownout to prevent tipping or pnlling over thestanding portion of thebed-frame; and Fig. 5 isa detail view showing the method of connectingthe vertical sliding back pieces and springs with the movablehead-board.

In the drawings, A represents the permanent or standing portion of thebed,- B, the folding portion of bedbody; C, the movable head-board; D, abar carrying the standards to which the spring-connections are attached;E, such standards; F, ropes or connections connecting the standards withthe springs; G, such sp1-ings; H, segments around which the springsbend; I, pulleys; J, the hase-extension; K, a rod connecting thebed-body with the base-extension; L, anti-friction rollers fitting incircular bearings on the bedbody.

In making myimproved wardrobe-bedstead I make a permanent or uprightportion,whieh is intended to remain standing at all times. This portionis provided with a base of suff1 cient width to make its position on thelloor permanent and stable. To increase its ca pacity to resist anytendency to tip or pull over in lowering the bed-body or folding portionof the bed, I provide an extension to the base, which is thrown forwardby the act of lowering the bed-body. This hase-extension may be made bycutting a piece in the form of a segment or quarter-circle in the sidesof thepermanent or standing portion of the bed, so that it will t intoits place when the bed is up, as shown in Fig. l, and open out andextend the base or width of the standing portion of the bed the lengthof. its height, as shown in Fig. 4. This portion J may as readily bemade of a separate piece from the side of the standing portion andplaced just (No model.)

inside of the same. In either ease it is pivoted to such standingportion at its lower front corner. A bar,K,is pivoted to the lower rearcorner at one end, and toward the other end it is pivoted to the mainstanding portion of the bed-frame as a fulcrnm. Beyond this fulerum itextends a certain distance and terminates in an eye, which is pivoted toanother bar or link, M, which link in turn is pivoted at its upper endto the folding portion of the bed. Vhen the hed-body is lowered,thislink llLmoving with the saine,bears upon the upper end ofthe bar K, andcauses it to turn on its pivot or fulerum, lowering or depressing theend to which such link is connected. This of course causes the lower endofthe barKto rise, and to lift with it the lower rear corner of thepiece J,whieh`turns on its pivot with the permanent portion of the bed.\Vhen the bedbody is lowered,the bar K and link M are in the positionshown in Fig. 3, at which time the base-extension J will rest upon thefloor, and thus in effect increase the width of the permanent portion ofthe bed the distance of its height. In this way much greater strengthand stability are imparted to the permanent portion of the bed, and alltendency to tip or pull over the same effectually prevented. Any otherequivalent method ofeonneeting the bar K with the folding portion of thebed 'may he employed, as the only object of such conneetion is topermitthe folding portion of the bed to operate upon the bar K and throwout the base-extension J.

To connect the bed-body or folding portion of the bed with thepermanentorstanding portion, I make ways or`bearings in each of the side rails ofthe hed-body at a proper distance from the lower end when the bed-hodyis folded up to permit the parts to turn and move when together. Theseways are preferably curved, or in the form of a circle, with anextension out to the end of the side rails, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and4 of the drawings. To operate in these bearings or Ways, twoanti-friction rollers, L, pivoted to the permanent portion of the bed,are provided at each side. The curved circular portion of the bearingmoves on these rollers as the bed is opened or shut. By having the wayextended out to the end of the side loo rails the parts can be easilydisconnected by simply lifting up therear end of the bed-body when thebed is down, so as to bring the eX- tension to the bearings in line withthe rollers, When the bed-body may be moved forward and the partsdisconnected.

l At the inner or head end of the bed-body I provide a head-board, C,which is hinged or flexibly connected to the bed-body at its lower edge,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A cross-bar, I), is placed immediately abovethe upper end ofthe head-board C, so that it can move up and down inways or grooves provided at each side of the permanent portionvof thebed. The lower edge of this bar D has studs or projections,and the upperedge of the head-board C has holes orsockets,enlarged at their bottoms,into which such studs or projections may eX- tend and attach the twoparts removably and iexibly together, as shown in Fig. 5. Extending upfrom the bar D, and adapted to move up and down in the grooves or waysabove mentioned, I preferably arrange two standards, E, which move upand down in the ways as the bar D moves up and down. I attach ropes,chains, or cables to the upper ends of these standards and pass themaround pulleys Land attach their other ends to springs G. These springsare preferably made of one or more bars or sheets of steel or otherflexible metal arranged in a Vertical position, their upper ends beingsecurely attachedto the permanent portion of the bed,and preferably bentagainst segments of circles H as their free ends are pulled outward,though pins or other resisting means may be employed. In this way I makea connection between the springs and a movable 'portion ofthe bed, sothat the springs may be bent, though variations in the preciso means ofconnection may be adopted.

It willbe seen by referring to Fig. 3 and other figures of thedrawingsthat as the bedbody is lowered the movable head-board C is raised. As itmoves upward the bar D and the standards E are carried upward also inthe ways provided for them. As they move upward, the cords or chains Fare drawn around the pulleys I and the free ends of the springs G drawnoutward. When the bed has been fullylowered, thesprings will be drawnagainst the segments I-I and will be in the condition of their highesttension. As the bed-body is rais'ed the head-board, bar, and standardsare lowered again and the springs allowed to straighten out and assumetheir normal position. These springs are made of sufficient tension tojust about eounterbalance the body of the bed before it is provided withthe bedding and bedelothes.

To compensate for the additional weight imparted to the bed-body by thebedclothes, weights may be put into the inner end of the folding portionof the bed, where a box or cavity, W, is provided to receive the same,as shown in Fig. 3. The weights thus added should just aboutcounterbalance the weight of the bedding and bedclothes, so that thebedbody can be lowered or raised with perfect ease, whether emptied orweighted.

What I claim as new, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, isr In awardrobe-bedstead, the combination of a permanent or standing portion, afolding or bed portion opening from and closing to the standing portion,vertical springs secured rigidly at one end to the back of the standingportion, curved resistants permanently secured to the back'of thestanding portion in the way of such springs when bent vand against whichthey are brought in bending, and cords orchains connectingthefree endsofthe springs with the movable or folding portion ofthe bed, whereby thesprings are drawn againstthe resistants as the bed is lowered and theirresilient qualities secured as the bed is raised, Substantially asdescribed.

LEWIS G. KELLOGG.

Vitnesses:

FRANK L. DOUGLAS, Tiros. A. BANNING.

